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Zenit | Telstar 18

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
June 29, 2004, 3:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Telstar 18, launched June 28, 2004 aboard a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket, has successfully reached its in-orbit testing position at 142 degrees East longitude. During the satellite's launch, the Zenit rocket's upper stage shut down 54 seconds early and released the satellite into a low orbit. After the launch, engineers at Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) raised the spacecraft to its correct orbit using a series of carefully planned satellite maneuvers and thruster burns.

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIR-12

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 23, 2004, 10:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GPS-2R (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2R (Navigation System using Timing And Ranging) are the third evolution stage of the second generation of the GPS satellites.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Proton-M Briz-M | INTELSAT 10-02

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 16, 2004, 10:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Intelsat 10-02 is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 22

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 10, 2004, 1:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 28, 2004, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Russian naval survelliance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-49

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 25, 2004, 12:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Taurus 3210 | Formosat-2

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 2004, 5:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ROCSAT 2 (Republic of China Satellite 2) is the second high-resolution Earth observation satellite for the Taiwanese National Space Program Office (NSPO) whose mission is regional remote sensing – to collect data to be used for natural disaster evaluation, agricultural applications, urban planning strategy, environmental monitoring, and ocean surveillance. In addition, the satellite's payload will include an auroral observation instrument.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Atlas IIAS | AMC 11

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 19, 2004, 10:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian communications satellite.

Geostationary Orbit
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Zenit | DirecTV 7S

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
May 4, 2004, 12:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

54 Ku-band transponders for Direct-to-home TV services

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-11

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 26, 2004, 8:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Ekspress-AM 11 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years.

Geostationary Orbit
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